Archive: Overseas Competitions 2010

And another one to sort out…

September

Short Stories

September 3
BILL NAUGHTON SHORT STORY COMPETITION
Bill Naughton Short Story Competition, Box No 2010,
Aghamore, Ballyhaunis, Co Mayo, Ireland
paulwdrogers@eircom.net
www.aghamoreireland.com/kennynaughton/shortstory.htm

September 3
33rd ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL 3 DAY NOVEL-WRITING CONTEST
The International 3-Day Novel Contest,
PO Box 2106, Station Terminal
Vancouver, BC, V6B 3T5 CANADA
info@3daynovel.com   www.3daynovel.com

August

Poetry

August 31
2010 PENUMBRA POETRY & HAIKU CONTEST
Sponsored by the Tallahassee Writers Association
TWA Penumbra, PO Box 3428, Tallahassee,
FL 32315-3428
poetry@tallahasseewriters.net    www.twaonline.org

August 31
@ UTMOST CHRISTIAN WRITERS FOUNDATION
NOVICE POETRY CONTEST
NB, unpublished Christian poets only
121 Morin Maze, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. T6K 1V1.
nnharms@telusplanet.net    www.utmostchristianwriters.com

Short, Short Stories

August 31
GEMINI MAGAZINE SECOND ANNUAL FLASH FICTION CONTEST
Gemini Magazine, P.O. Box 1485, Onset, MA  02558
contest@gemini-magazine.com    www.gemini-magazine.com/contest.html
Multi Genre

August 31
TALLAHASSEE WRITERS ASSOCIATION
SEVEN HILLS CONTEST FOR WRITERS
TWA Seven Hills Contest, P.O. Box 3428, Tallahassee, FL 32315
vice-president@tallahasseewriters.net   www.tallahasseewriters.net

August

Poetry

August 27
Black Diamond Poetry Prize 2010
Adjudicated by Grace Wells. For poems of up to 40 lines.
Entry Fee: £entry fee ?3 for the first poem, and ?2 for each subsequent poem
Michael Massey, c/o Castlecomer Library, Kilkenny St., Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland

August 15
ERSKINE J. POETRY PRIZE
Smartish Pace, P.O. Box 22161, Baltimore, MD 21203
sreichert@smartishpace.com    www.smartishpace.com

Poetry Collections

August 15
THE ANNUAL TRANSCONTINENTAL POETRY AWARD
BY PAVEMENT SAW PRESS
Open to anyone who has not previously published a volume of poetry
or prose but ‘writers who have had volumes of poetry and/or prose under 40 pagesprinted or printed in limited editions of no more than 500 copies are eligible‘.
Transcontinental Award Entry, 321 Empire Street, Montpelier, OH 43543
info@pavementsaw.org     www.pavementsaw.org/

Short Stories

Ongoing
August 27
The Lonely Voice: Short Story Introductions
At the Irish Writers’ Centre we are committed to supporting writers at every stage of their development.  With this in mind, we are delighted to present a monthly event for emerging writers.
The Lonely Voice: Short Story Introductions will take place on the last Wednesday of every month.  Up to four short story writers will be selected and invited to read their work at the event.  We are particularly interested in providing a platform for emerging writers, who previously may not have had the opportunity to read their work in public.
The deadline for the September reading is Friday 27th August and the event itself will take place on Wednesday 29th September at 7pm here at the Irish Writers’ Centre. The event is free, so come along to hear the very best of this month’s submissions.
Please send the short story you would like to read (max 3,000 words and limited to one entry per person per month) and a short bio to: thelonelyvoice@gmail.com. Please attach bios and stories separately and make sure they are in .doc format. Your name should not appear on the story.
www.writerscentre.ie/html/events/thelonelyvoice.html

August 15
REDSTONE SCIENCE FICTION
TOWARDS AN ACCESSIBLE FUTURE
accessible-future@redstonesciencefiction.com
http://redstonesciencefiction.com/contest/

August 8
7th GIVAL PRESS SHORT STORY AWARD
Gival Press, PO Box 3812, Arlington, VA 22203.
givalpress@yahoo.com   www.givalpress.com/

Poetry & Short Stories

August 13
DROMINEER LITERARY FESTIVAL
POETRY & SHORT STORY COMPETITIONS
Deborah Powell, Secretary, Dromineer Literary Festival,
Ballycommon, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary.
deborahpowell@hotmail.com    www.dromineerliteraryfestival.ie/

August 3
#OVER THE EDGE NEW WRITER OF THE YEAR 2010 COMPETITION
Over The Edge, 3 Carbry Road, Newcastle, Galway, Ireland
over-the-edge-openreadings@hotmail.com
http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com/

Non Fiction

August 17
@ STORY CONTEST, PAST LOVES DAY 2010
CONTEST, Spruce Mountain Press, 61 Katuah Rd., Plainfield, VT 05667
contest@ourpastloves.com    www.ourpastloves.com/contest.html

August 1
THE MALAHAT REVIEW CREATIVE NON-FICTION PRIZE
The Malahat Review, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 1700, Stn CSC,
Victoria, B.C. V8W 2Y2, Canada
malahat@uvic.ca     www.malahatreview.ca

Screenwriting

August 3
6th ANNUAL AMERICAN ZOETROPE SCREENPLAY CONTEST
contests@zoetrope.com   zoetrope.com/contests/

July

Poetry

July 30
IPSWICH INTERNATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION
Community Services Program Coordinator, Ipswich Library,
40 South Street, Ipswich, QLD   4305 Australia
ipswichpoetryfeast@ipswich.qld.gov.au
www.ipswichpoetryfeast.com.au/competition.htm

Short, Short Stories

July 18
100 WORDS OR FEWER WRITING CONTEST
hundredwordsorfewer@eathlink.net
http://100wordsorfewerwritingcontest.com/

Short Stories

July 31
THE 8TH ANNUAL SEAN O’FAOLAIN SHORT STORY COMPETITION
The Munster Literature Centre, Frank O’Connor House,
84 Douglas Street, Cork, Ireland
munsterlit@eircom.net      www.munsterlit.ie/

July 21
@ INKSPOTTER’S 7TH ANNUAL FINDING THE RIGHT WORDS
FLASH FICTION CONTEST
Betty Dobson, InkSpotter Publishing, 163 Main Avenue, Halifax,
Nova Scotia, Canada B3M 1B3
betty@inkspotter.com    http://inkspotter.com/contests.htm

July 4
FLAMEFLOWER EXPERIMENTAL WRITING COMPETITION
http://experimentalwriting.weebly.com/experimental-fiction-contest.html

July 4
@ WRITERS’ BLOC 2010 FICTION CONTEST
editor@writersblocmag.org      www.writersblocmag.org/contest.html

Multi Genre

July 31
NARRATIVE’S SPRING STORY CONTEST
http://narrativemagazine.com

June

Poetry

June 3
THE MACGUFFIN 14TH NATIONAL POET HUNT CONTEST
The MacGuffin/Poet Hunt Contest, Schoolcraft College,
18600 Haggerty Road, Livonia, MI 48152
www.macguffin.org

June 1
BOSTON REVIEW THIRTEENTH ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST
Poetry Contest, Boston Review, 35 Medford St., Suite 302
Somerville, MA 02143
editors@bostonreview.net   www.bostonreview.net

Poetry Collections

JUNE 30
OMNIDAWN ANNUAL FIRST/SECOND BOOK POETRY CONTEST

1st Prize: $3000

Fee: $25 (includes any Omnidawn book,
if priority mail SASE enclosed and title of requested book).

Length: 40-70 pps preferred

Judge: Rae Armantrout (winner of 2010 Pulitzer Prize)

See website for full details and guidelines

Submit online or SEND TO: Full Book Poetry Prize, Omnidawn Publishing,
3263 Kempton Ave, Oakland, CA 94611
www.omnidawn.com/contest/contest_guidelines.htm

JUNE 30

FLP Open Contest

A prize of $1,000 and publication
will be awarded by Finishing Line Press
for a chapbook-length poetry collection.

Open to all, and all entries will be considered for publication.

Submit up to 26 pages of poetry,
PLUS bio, acknowledgments, SASE, cover letter
$15 entry fee

Deadline: June 30, 2010 (POSTMARK)

Ned Balbo: final judge

Open Chapbook Competition
Finishing Line Press, P.O. Box 1626
Georgetown, KY 40324 USA
www.facebook.com/finishinglinepress

June 15
GRACE NOTES BOOKS COLLECTED POETRY CONTEST
http://notesandgracenotes.com/

Short, Short Stories

June 30
LITERAL LATTE SHORT SHORTS AWARDS
200 East 10th Street, Suite 240, New York, NY 10003
LitLatte@aol.com     www.literal-latte.com

Short Stories

June 30
@ # TWISTEDTAILS QUARTERLY SHORT STORY COMPETITION
www.twisted-tails.com

Poetry & Short Stories

June 30
The St. Lawrence Book Award
Any writer who has not yet published a full-length collection of short stories or poems

Early Bird Special: fee, book purchase; between $14-$18
+ chapbooks for $9.
Otherwise, $25; August 31 deadline.
www.blacklawrencepress.com

June 30
THE LITCHFIELD REVIEW WRITING CONTEST
7 Bonna Street, Beacon Falls, CT 06403
tvdannen@sbcglobal.net  www.thelitchfieldreview.com

June 30
@ THE ZHOU YI JIAN ANNUAL COMPETITION
Enter online or via email.
xiaosui@xiaosuiblue.com   www.kaixin.com.au

Poetry & Prose

June 15
TRIM SWIFT SATIRE COMPETITION 2010
Boyne Writers Group, c/o P Smith, 25 Saintjohns, Trim,
County Meath, Ireland
www.boynewriters.com/swift_satire_2010.html

Multi Genre

June 17
NEW MILLENNIUM WRITINGS CONTEST
(If entering by mail, send to “NMW” Room EM, PO Box 2463,
Knoxville, TN, 37901
www.writingawards.com

Non Fiction

JUNE 30
Do you have a story to tell about online dating?

We are seeking submissions
for “LifeBytes…Real Stories of Online Dating”,
an upcoming anthology of true online dating stories —
the good, the bad and the ugly.

Please visit www.lifebytesbook.com for complete submission guidelines.

… and stop by our blog to chat:
http://lifebytesrealstories.wordpress.com

May

Poetry

May 31
@ AQUILLRELLE CONTEST 2
aquillrelle@aquillrelle.com         www.aquillrelle.com

May 31
THE 8th INTERNATIONAL HAIKU POETRY CONTEST IN ITALIAN LANGUAGE - 2010
Participants: authors of any nationality and age
Admission: FREE
Sections: individual: single authors - collective: schools and handicap area
Quantity: up to three UNPUBLISHED traditional haikus in Italian (5-7-5 syllables)
Submission: only by filling in the form on line www.cascinamacondo.com (by registration)
Expiry: 31st May 2010
Prizegiving: Sunday 21nd November 2010 at Cascina Macondo - official ceremony
Note 1: all submitted haikus will be published on the website of Cascina Macondo
Note 2 : visitors of the website will be able to vote for their favourite haiku
(visitors’ votes are a useful reference in cases in which a haiku obtained by the jury an equal number of votes)
click here for all details
(the complete announcement in 16 languages, Prices, Jury, Honorary Members of the Giury,
how to partecipate, how to vote…)
http://www.cascinamacondo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=296:2010-8d-edizione-concorso-internazionale-haiku&catid=102:news&Itemid=90

May 31
THE NEW ZEALAND POETRY SOCIETY
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
The Competition Secretary, PO Box 5283, Lambton Quay, Wellington, NZ
competition@poetrysociety.org.nz    www.poetrysociety.org.nz

May 31
WINNING WRITERS WAR POETRY CONTEST
351 Pleasant Street, PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060
www.winningwriters.com/war

May 15
KISSES AND POPSICLES SPRING POETRY CONTEST
Pandora’s Collective, Delamont Postal Outlet, P.O. Box 29118 1950, West Broadway, Vancouver BC V6J 5C2
blnish_pandoras@yahoo.ca   www.pandorascollective.com/

May 15
@ POETRY ON THE LAKE 10TH INTERNATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION
Prizes: Silver Wyvern + €500, €100 x 3 (60 lines)
Adjudicator: James Harpur
Formal verse, €100: (40 lines; open theme). Adjudicator: Kevin Bailey
Short poems €100: (max.10 lines; open theme).
Adjudicator: Carole Baldock
Also, year’s subs + publication in Orbis x 3 1st prize winners.
Suggested theme all categories. ‘Mediterranean:
Results,  July; awards & readings 1st-3rd October
Fee: first £8,  2nd & 3rd £6 per poem, then £5. €20/2, then €10; USA/CA $20, then $10.
UK cheques or postal orders, crossed, payable to G.Griffin-Hall;
US/CA and Euro: notes in silver foil.
No entry form required. 2 copies of each poem, one anon., other with contact details.
SEND TO: Poetry on the Lake, Isola, Orta San Giulio, 28016 NO, Italy. (+39)347-8464227
poetryonthelake@yahoo.co.uk    www.poetryonthelake.org

May 3
2010 LOIS CRANSTON MEMORIAL POETRY PRIZE
CALYX, Lois Cranston Poetry Prize,
PO Box B, Corvallis, OR 97339
calyx@proaxis.com    www.calyxpress.org

Call for submissions

May 21
Abridged 0 – 21: Magnolia  Submission Call: poetry and art
In the world of colour charts and iconic English sheepdogs, Magnolia represents the fence-sitting hue that neither offends or accosts the senses. Adorning the walls of TurnKey packaged homes of first-time buyers or haunting the corners of final destination rest homes of howls and despair, Magnolia stalks us from the cradle to the grave. It is the bastard offspring of white: it is the disgraced sibling of beige. It is nothingness yet it is everywhere. It is Abridged 0 – 21.

Abridged, the poetry/art magazine is looking for submissions for its Magnolia issue. A maximum of 3 poems may be submitted of any length. Art can be up to A4 size and can be in any media. It should be at least 300 dpi. Submissions can be emailed to abridged@ymail.com or posted to: Abridged c/o The Verbal Arts Centre, Stable Lane and Mall Wall, Bishop Street Within, Derry BT48 6PU. Closing date for submission is May 21st.

Short Stories

May 15
@ ONCE UPON A DAY CONTEST
contest@readingwriters.com    www.readingwriters.com/contest.htm

Poetry & Short Stories

May 30
ANNUAL WOMEN WHO WRITE
POETRY AND SHORT PROSE CONTEST
Women Who Write, P.O. Box 6167, Louisville, KY   40206
info@womenwhowrite.com   www.womenwhowrite.com

May 31
THE ANTIGONISH REVIEW
5th ANNUAL SHELDON CURRIE FICTION PRIZE
SEND IRCs: Antigonish Review Contest, Box 5000, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada, B2G 2W5
www.antigonishreview.com

May 15
WEST END WRITERS WORKSHOP PROSE & POETRY COMPETITION
West End Writers Contest, c/o. #301, 1535 Nelson Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6G 1M2.
www.wewriters.org

Poetry & Short Story Collections

May 31
The Black River Chapbook Competition
A semi-annual prize from Black Lawrence Press for a chapbook of short stories or poems. The winner receives $500 and publication. Previous winners of The Black River Chapbook Competition include: Helen Marie Casey, Frank Montesonti, D. E. Fredd, Sandra Kolankiewicz, T. J. Beitelman, Tina Egnoski, David Rigsbee, and Lisa Fay Coutley.
http://blacklawrence.com/chapbook.html

Multi Genre

May 25
@ FACE OF COMPASSION ARTS COMPETITION
1st Prize: $500; $100 x 7 (category winners).
Publication: book, DVD and/or CD
Prize-giving at the Life Beyond Trauma Conference,
Dallas Convention Center, August 28.
Fee: $10 (donation to the Compassion Movement);
‘you may enter as many entries as you wish in each category’.
Length/size: Fine Art: 8X10; any media,
scanned in or reproduced as jpg or .png file (10MB)
Video 10 minutes, in Quicktime format (HD or non HD).
NB, Everyone involved must sign a release form
Song (four 4 minutes); .mp3 file.
Poetry and Essays: 2 pages;
short stories and screenplays:10 pages. All double spaced,
sent as a word .doc file, .rtf file or .pdf.
Judging Coordinator: Tim Seelig.
Coordinator@compassionmovement.org
http://compassionmovement.org/competition_2.html

May 1
Grace Notes Books 1st Annual Discovering the Undiscovered Book Contests. We are looking for stories that push the boundaries in either direction, stories that have a strong entertainment value and are executed in the finest literary styling.  In other words: Send us anything and everything. Just be sure it’s wonderful. We are not interested in pornography for the sake of pornography; graphic elements are acceptable but must be pertinent to the story itself.

Novels and Memoirs (70,000-100,000 words). Open to any genre. Prize is $1000, publication and contributor copies. Entry fee is $25. Deadline May 1st, 2010.

Novellas and Short Story/Essay Collections (40,000-65,000 words). Any genre. Prize is $300, publication and contributor copies. Entry fee is $15. Deadline May 1st, 2010.

Collected Poetry Contest (45-200 pages). Any form and style. Prize is $300, publication and contributor copies. All finalists will be featured on website as well as a special issue of our lit mag, including 5 poems published, full bio and author interviews. Entry fee is $15. Deadline June 15, 2010.

All submissions for each contest will be considered for publication. For complete guidelines, visit us at http://notesandgracenotes.com/ and click on ‘Book-Length Competitions’.

May 1
The Motherhood Muse Writing Contest
Fiction, Non-Fiction (1,200 words, max.)
Award: $100 & publication; Fee: $10
contest@themotherhoodmuse.com
www.themotherhoodmuse.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=19

Books

May 30
ANNUAL GIVAL PRESS NOVEL CONTEST
1st Prize: $3000, plus publication (author receives 20 copies).
SEND IRCs: Robert L. Giron, Editor, Gival Press Novel Award, Gival Press, LLC, PO Box 3812, Arlington, VA 22203.
givalpress@yahoo.com    www.givalpress.com

May 1
THE 2010 LEAPFROG FICTION CONTEST
Leapfrog Fiction Contest, Leapfrog Press, PO Box 2110, Teaticket, MA 02536
fictioncontest@leapfrogpress.com     www.leapfrogpress.com

April

Poetry

April 26
THE 10th MARJORIE J. WILSON BEST POEM CONTEST
Post Office Box 250, Chesterfield,
Mo. USA, 63006-0250
margiereview@aol.com   www.margiereview.com

April 23
POETRY INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2010
Poetry International
Department of English and Comparative Literature
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive MC 6020
San Diego, California 92182-6020
http://poetryinternational.sdsu.edu/

April 1
WERGLE FLOMP HUMOR POETRY CONTEST
www.winningwriters.com/wergle

Poetry Collections

April 30
DIAGRAMS CHAPBOOK CONTEST
NMP/DIAGRAM, Dept. of English, P.O. Box 210067, University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ 85721-0067
http://thediagram.com

Short Stories

April 30
@ MOMAYA 2010 SHORT STORY COMPETITION
infouk@momayapress.com   www.momayapress.com/contest.htm

April 30
RASPBERRY & VINE TWICE YEARLY SHORT STORY COMPETITION
Raspberry & Vine, PO Box 2217, Wattletree Road
PO Malvern East 3145 Australia
info@raspberryandvine.com    www.raspberryandvine.com

April 15
RASPBERRY & VINE TWICE YEARLY SHORT STORY COMPETITION
Raspberry & Vine, PO Box 2217, Wattletree Road
PO Malvern East 3145 Australia
info@raspberryandvine.com    www.raspberryandvine.com

April 13
# @ TREASUREBOXTALES
(Postmarked; must be received by April 21)
TreasureBoxTales, Writing Contest, P.O. Box 714, Oak Island, NC 28465
admin@TreasureBoxTales.com   www.treasureboxtales.com/contest.html

April 1
THE THIRD JIM BAEN MEMORIAL WRITING CONTEST
baen.nss.contest@gmail.com
www.williamledbetter.com/contest

Multi Genre

April 1
ANNUAL SHORT (with variations) GRAIN WRITING CONTEST
Short Grain Contest, Box 67, Saskatoon, SK Canada, S7K 3K1
grainmag@sasktel.net   www.grainmagazine.ca

Screenwriting

April 1
7TH ANNUAL PAGE INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITING AWARDS COMPETITION
NB, must not have earned more than $25,000.
Online entry preferred.
Grand Prize: $25.000; cash + prizes total over $50,000, eg:
Gold: $1000; Silver: $500; Bronze: $250.
Fee: $59 (discounts for multiple submissions; early bird was January 15: $49, by March 1).
$70 for judge’s feedback.
Length: Full-Length Features: 80-130 pages; Short Film Scripts: 40 pages; TV Drama Pilots: 50-70 pages; TV Sitcom Pilots: 30-50 pages
‘Judged entirely by working professionals in the film and television industry;
10 categories. Over 18s.
NB, submission rules on website are specific, and stringent.
SEND TO: 7510 Sunset Blvd. #610, Hollywood, CA 90046
www.pageawards.com

Other

April 15
BULWER-LYTTON FICTION CONTEST
Humorous writing competition
Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, Department of English
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 95192-0090
www.bulwer-lytton.com

March

Poetry

March 31

Writing Competition: Fragments from Sappho contest
Here we are on the verge of the first spring of the new decade, and we are celebrating the coming equinox with our Poetry Project—Fragments from Sappho contest. All poems submitted are eligible for inclusion on our April/May issue of the Poetry Project, an online journal from Tupelo Press, and for the first time, a print journal will be produced at the end of the year: Best of the Poetry Project. For the Fragments from Sappho project, our judge, Athena Kildegaard, will select one first prize ($500), one second prize ($250) and one third prize ($150) winner. The work of these winners will headline the issue, along with the balance of the poems for the April/May issue. See complete guidelines to submit, at : www.tupelopress.org/poetryproj.php

March 30
FISH POETRY PRIZE

Judge: Matthew Sweeney

The winner and nine runners up will be published
in the 2010 Fish Anthology

First Prize - €1,000

All will be invited to the launch
at the West Cork Literary Festival, July 2010

Entry £12 on-line www.fishpublishing.com £15 by post.
A critique service is available for £25 per poem.

Fish Publishing. Durrus, Bantry, Co Cork, Ireland

info@fishpublishing.com

March 15
Postmark deadline
SATURDAY WRITERS 8TH ANNUAL ONE-PAGE POEM CONTEST
Louella Turner, Saturday Writers One-page Poem Contest Coordinator,
2731 Cumberland Landing, St. Charles, MO  63303
president@saturdaywriters.org     www.saturdaywriters.org

March 12
ROBERT FROST POETRY FESTIVAL POETRY CONTEST 2010
Robert Frost Poetry Contest, Heritage House Museum,
410 Caroline Street, Key West, FL 33040.
info@robertfrostpoetryfestival.com
www.robertfrostpoetryfestival.com/contest.html

Short, Short Stories

ONE PAGE PRIZE

Deadline: March 20

Judges: John Hegley and Simon Munnery

Prizes: Winner + 9 runners up published in 2010 Fish Anthology*.
First Prize - €1,000
Runners-up: €50 plus five complimentary copies

Launch at West Cork Literary Festival, July 2010.
Entry £12 on-line www.fishpublishing.com £15 by post
Critique service available: £25 per story. Word limit 300

Fish Publishing. Durrus, Bantry, Co Cork, Ireland
info@fishpublishing.com

*Buy the 2009 Anthology on the website

March 15
SEGORA VIGNETTE* COMPETITION
J. A. Simms, Competition Organiser, Le Moulin de l’Arche,
79150 St. Clementin, Deux-Sevres, France
pontdarche@hotmail.com   www.poetryproseandplays.co.uk

Short Stories

March 31
GEMINI MAGAZINE SHORT STORY CONTEST
Gemini Magazine, P.O. Box 1485, Onset, MA  02558
contest@gemini-magazine.com    www.gemini-magazine.com/contest.html

March 12
SHORT STORY COMPETITION
Bundaberg Writers’ Club  PO Box 1489 BUNDABERG  QLD  4670
ABN 64 810 762 841

Details

Open theme   Entry Fee:  $5 per entry (5 entries for $20)

Prizes:
First$300
Second $100
Conditions of Entry:
1.     Stories must not exceed 2,500 words.
2.     Entries must be original work of the author, should not have won a prize or been published, and should be not under consideration elsewhere.
3.     Entries must be double-spaced, on A4 paper, with pages numbered and clearly typed in 12 font (Times New Roman or Courier New). Include title and page number on each page. Any other formatting will not be accepted.
4.     The author’s name must appear only on entry form.
5.     Use only paper clips fasten pages or to attach entry form, cheque etc
6.     Entry fee may be paid by cheque, money order or direct deposit to Wide Bay Australia Ltd, BSB 656400, Account No. 104337281, in the name of Bundaberg Writers’ Club Inc. If choosing direct deposit, the deposit transaction receipt MUST accompany your entry.  Cash will not be accepted.
7.     Please provide a SSAE to receive results and receipt.
8.     Judge’s decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into.
9.     All manuscripts will be destroyed after judging. No manuscripts will be returned.
10.  Winners will be notified in May 2010 and results posted.
Email, together with entries, as attachments, to esmond@internode.on.net.

Or send to:
Bundaberg Writers’ Club Inc., PO Box 1486, Bundaberg Qld 4670
bundywriters.com

March 1

Win a Holiday in Greece with your Short Story

LIMNISA’S 2ND CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION

We are looking for SHORT STORIES
on any subject up to 3000 words

Closing date: March 1st

Entry fee: £5 / €6

1st and 2nd Prize
One week holiday in a sea-view apartment,
or a free place at a Writing Seminar by the sea in Greece.

Many other prizes.
www.limnisa.com

Poetry & Short Stories

March 31
2010 HUDSON PRIZE
Writing Competition: poetry and prose
editors@blacklawrencepress.com
www.blacklawrencepress.com

March 31
ONCE WRITTEN CONTESTS; WRITING COMPETITIONS
OnceWritten.com, 2010 Poetry/Short Story Contest,
1850 N. Whitley Ave. #404, Hollywood, California 90028
owcontests@oncewritten.com  
www.oncewritten.com/Contests/PoetryContest.php

Multi Genre

March 21
THE SEVENTH GLASS WOMAN PRIZE
Beate Sigriddaughter, 333 East 16th Avenue, #517, Denver, CO  80203 USA
glasswomanprize@comcast.net   www.sigriddaughter.com/GlassWomanPrize.htm

March 15
POE-TOGRAPHY COMPETITION
Email as attachment with ‘Poe-tography Competition’ as subject.
submissions@ipoetrycompetitions.com
http://ja-jp.facebook.com/event.php?eid=280025815918&ref=share

March 15
27TH ANNUAL 2010 WRITERS-EDITORS NETWORK
INTERNATIONAL WRITING COMPETITION
Writers-Editors Contest, PO Box A, North Stratford NH 03590
www.writers-editors.com

Playwriting

March 29
English Theatre Berlin 10-MINUTE PLAY WRITING COMPETITION
Fiona Mclellan announces on her Berlin events list : « BEI MIR BIST DU STRANGE”, a Playwriting Competition for Ten-Minute Plays. English Theatre Berlin is accepting submission for our first-ever 10-MINUTE PLAY COMPETITION to coincide with our 20th anniversary.Anyone with a connection to Berlin/Germany is invited to submit an entry on the theme “English in Daily German Life.” You may interpret the theme in any way you’d like, but you’ve only got 10 minutes to tell the story. The five best plays will each be awarded a prize of 100 Euro. In June 2010, a team theatre professionals will bring all five of them to the stage as part of our special 20th anniversary program. Deadline for submissions is 29 March 2010. Note: to get onto Fiona’s listing of readings and events in BERLIN, write to her at fiona_mclellan@yahoo.com  Contest details can be found at www.etberlin.de

Screenwriting

March 5
12TH ANNUAL SCRIPTAPALOOZA SCREENPLAY COMPETITION
7775 Sunset Boulevard, PMB #200,
Hollywood, CA 90046; 323.654.5809
Scriptapalooza@aol.com    www.scriptapalooza.com

February

Poetry

February 28
Redheaded Stepchild (USA)
Probably USA only - but who could resist?
Accepting submissions throughout February only
The Redheaded Stepchild only accepts poems that have been rejected by other magazines. We publish biannually, and we accept submissions in the months of February and August only. We do not accept previously published work. We do, however, accept simultaneous submissions, but please inform us immediately if your work is accepted somewhere else. We are open to a wide variety of poetry and hold no allegiance to any particular style or school. If your poem is currently displayed online on your blog or website or wherever, please do not send it to us before taking it down, at least temporarily.

Submit 3-5 poems that have been rejected elsewhere with the names of the magazines that rejected the poems. We do not want multiple submissions, so please wait for a response to your first submission before you submit again. As is standard after publication, rights revert back to the author, but we request that you credit Redheaded Stepchild in subsequent republications.

We do not accept email attachments; therefore, in the body of your email, please include the following:

· a brief bio

· 3-5 poems

- the publication(s) that rejected the poems

Send your submission to redheadedstepchildmag (at) gmail.com. Change at to @.   www.redheaded-stepchild.com/index.htm

February 28

REVIEW FUSE FLASH FICTION WRITING CONTEST
Purpose: Have fun, enjoy the competition, and become a better poet by participating in our peer critique process for this contest.
Who Can Enter: This contest is open to all poets. All submissions must be posted and assigned critiques completed by February 28, 2010. Poems must be 50 lines or fewer. You may post additional poems to this site for critique, but only one poem will be eligible for this contest.
Subject Matter: Open, you choose. The poem should adhere to our content policy.
Prizes: The winner of this contest will receive $100.
How to Enter: It’s pretty easy
1.    Create a free account or sign in for existing members.
2.    Upload your poem; make sure you select Poetry Contest as the category.
3.    Submit your poem for peer critique.
4.    Complete your assigned reviews, this is discussed more below.
Decisions: There will be 3 rounds of judging.
1.    Authors from the Review Fuse staff will select the 10 best poems for Round 2.
2.    Of these 10 poems, Review Fuse management will select the 5 authors who gave the most detailed and well thought out critiques of their peer’s poetry for Round 3.
3.    The winner will then be selected by 3 creative writing and poetry professors.
•    Find out more about what our judges think great poetry is.
Entry Fee: There are no entry fees or purchases of any kind required to enter and win the contest. After you submit your poem to the contest you will be required to complete assigned critiques of other poets (4 for free members and 2 for premium members). You will receive 3 critiques of your poem in return. Those who do not complete their critiques will not be eligible to win the contest.
Rights: All poems remain the sole property of the author. After we have selected the winner we will seek permission from the author to publish the winning poem on our blog. The author is under no obligation to allow this.
Notification: The prize winner will be notified by email on March 13, 2010. We will announce the prize winner on our blog on March 15, 2010.
www.reviewfuse.com/blog/2009/11/poetry-contest-february-2010/

February 28
UTMOST CHRISTIAN ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST
SEND IRCs: Utmost Christian Writers Poetry Contest,
121 Morin Maze, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6K 1V1
nnharms@telusplanet.net   www.utmostchristianwriters.com

February 5
# 2010 STROKESTOWN INTERNATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION
SEND TO: SCDA, Bawn Street, Strokestown, Co.
Roscommon, Ireland; Tel: (00 355) (0) 71 9633759
director@strokestownpoetry.org     www.strokestownpoetry.org

Poetry Collections

February 28
THE 2010 OMNIDAWN POETRY CHAPBOOK CONTEST
Omnidawn Chapbook Poetry Prize, Omnidawn Publishing, 3263 Kempton Ave, Oakland, CA 94611
www.omnidawn.com

February 28
TUPELO PRESS 9TH SNOWBOUND SERIES CHAPBOOK AWARD
Snowbound Award, PO Box 1767
North Adams, MA 01247
publisher@tupelopress.org   www.tupelopress.org/snow.php

February 27
2010 ROBERT W. LEE WILSON & RUTH I. WILSON
POETRY BOOK AWARD CONTEST
Post Office Box 250, Chesterfield,
MO 60036 USA
margiereview@aol.com   www.margiereview.com

February 15
2010 NEW WOMEN’S VOICES CHAPBOOK COMPETITION
Open to women who have not published a full-length poetry collection;
chapbook publication does not disqualify
Finishing Line Press, P O Box 1626, Georgetown,
KY 40324 USA
www.finishinglinepress.com/newwomensvoices.htm

Multi Genre

February 26
Writers’ Week
The Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award
Prize: €15,000 for a published work of fiction by an Irish author.
Adjudicators: Giles Foden & Kate O’Toole
Sponsor:                            Kerry Group Plc
The Bryan MacMahon Short Story Award
Not more than 3,000 words
Prize:                                          €2,000
Adjudicator:                            Christine Dwyer Hickey
Sponsors:                            Vaughan Furniture Designs / Karisma Beauty Salon
Urban Angels Hair Salon / Angel Couture
Entry Fee:                            €10.00 with each entry submitted.
Duais Foras Na Gaeilge:
Duais:                                          €1,200
Categóirí:                            Gearrscéal   (níos lú ná 1500 focail).
Moltóir:                            Paddy Bushe
Táille:                                          €10.00 ar gach iontráil
Urraitheoir:                            Foras na Gaeilge
Eamon Keane Full Length Play
Plays submitted should be for stage presentation only and should not have previously been staged.  One act plays are not eligible. Plays can be submitted only once for this competition.
Prize:                                          €1,000
Adjudicator:                            Christian O’Reilly
Entry Fee:                            €20.00 with each entry submitted.
Writers’ Week Originals Competition
Prize Fund:                            €750
Categories:                            Short Story                            (maximum 1500 words)
Humorous Essay              (maximum 750 words)
Short Poem                              (maximum 70 lines)
Adjudicator:                            Writers’ Week Editorial Board
Sponsor:                            McDonalds  Restaurant Tralee
Entry Fee:                            €10.00 with each entry submitted.
Writing in Prisons
Prize:                                          €1,700
Adjudicators:                            Writers’ Week Editorial Board
Sponsors:                            Prison Education Service & The Irish Commission for Prisoners Overseas.
The Single Poem Competition
Prize:                                          €700 for a single poem (not more than 70 lines)
Adjudicator:                            John McAuliffe
Entry Fee:                            €10.00 with each single poem submitted.
The Collection of Poetry Competition
Dedicated to the memory of Joni Costelloe
Prize:                                          €700 for best collection of poems (6-12), plus financial support towards the publication of a Slim Volume to be launched at next year’s festival.
Entry:  6 – 12 individual poems OR an equivalent longer single work, which may be in sections or in the form of a sequence. This competition is open only to those who have not yet published a complete book of poems. (Individual pieces may have received prior publication but not previously received an award).
Adjudicator:                            Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
Entry Fee:                            €25.00 with each collection submitted.
Sponsor:                            Tim Costelloe, Profile Developments
Irish Post/Stena Line New Writing Competition
Categories                            -  Short Story
-  Creative Writing for Youth
Sponsor:                            The Irish Post/Stena Line Ferries
This competition is not open to Irish Residents
Fiction Slam Competition
Category                            Short Story              (max 1000 words)
Prize Fund:                            €800
Adjudicators:                            Writers’ Week Editorial Board
Martin Delany & John Kenny – Writing4all
Sponsor:                            Writing4all.ie
Over 18s. 1 entry, in writing.
Initial adjudication will be on quality of the story; 10 finalists will be judged on performance and quality during Writers’ Week 2010 on the 3rd June at 8.30pm.
Kerry County Council Creative Writing Competitions for Youth
Prize Fund:                            €1,500
FREE. Categories:
Creative Writing for 9 years and under.  Maximum 300 words.
Creative Writing for 12 years and under. Maximum 500 words.
Creative Writing for 14 years and under. Maximum 500 words.
Creative Writing for 16 years and under. Maximum 1,000 words.
Creative Writing for 18 years and under. Maximum 1,000 words.
A Limerick for all age groups up to 18 years.
Submissions may be in the form of poems, short stories or essays.
Sponsor:                            Kerry County Council
“Tell Your Story”
An international storytelling competition dedicated to the memory of renowned Storyteller Eamon Kelly. In this international competition, candidates should submit their individual, unique style of story.
Prize Fund:                            €1,000
Adjudicators:                            Pat Speight & Batt Burns
Entry Fee:                            €15.00
Sponsor:                            Luke Moriarty – Moriarty Group
Over 18; not confined to Sean-Nós style storytelling.
One entry; two copies submitted on, tape, cd, vhs or dvd.
Length: 10 minutes.
A short-list will be chosen from the entries and these will be performed during Writers’ Week 2010.
ENTRY FORM NOT REQUIRED
Entries may be in Irish or in English / Is féidir iontrálacha a bheith i mBéarla nó i nGaeilge.
Writers’ Week Ltd, 24 The Square, Listowel, Co Kerry; 068 21074
info@writersweek.ie      www.writersweek.ie

February 15
MEMOIRS, INK. HALF-YEARLY PERSONAL ESSAY CONTEST 2010
Memoirs Ink Writing Contest, 10866 Washington Blvd, Suite 518,
Culver City, CA 90232
info@memoirsink.com    www.memoirsink.com

Multi Genre

February 26
Writers’ Week
The Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award
Prize: €15,000 for a published work of fiction by an Irish author.
Adjudicators: Giles Foden & Kate O’Toole
Sponsor:                            Kerry Group Plc
The Bryan MacMahon Short Story Award
Not more than 3,000 words
Prize:                                          €2,000
Adjudicator:                            Christine Dwyer Hickey
Sponsors:                            Vaughan Furniture Designs / Karisma Beauty Salon
Urban Angels Hair Salon / Angel Couture
Entry Fee:                            €10.00 with each entry submitted.
Duais Foras Na Gaeilge:
Duais:                                          €1,200
Categóirí:                            Gearrscéal   (níos lú ná 1500 focail).
Moltóir:                            Paddy Bushe
Táille:                                          €10.00 ar gach iontráil
Urraitheoir:                            Foras na Gaeilge
Eamon Keane Full Length Play
Plays submitted should be for stage presentation only and should not have previously been staged.  One act plays are not eligible. Plays can be submitted only once for this competition.
Prize:                                          €1,000
Adjudicator:                            Christian O’Reilly
Entry Fee:                            €20.00 with each entry submitted.
Writers’ Week Originals Competition
Prize Fund:                            €750
Categories:                            Short Story                            (maximum 1500 words)
Humorous Essay              (maximum 750 words)
Short Poem                              (maximum 70 lines)
Adjudicator:                            Writers’ Week Editorial Board
Sponsor:                            McDonalds  Restaurant Tralee
Entry Fee:                            €10.00 with each entry submitted.
Writing in Prisons
Prize:                                          €1,700
Adjudicators:                            Writers’ Week Editorial Board
Sponsors:                            Prison Education Service & The Irish Commission for Prisoners Overseas.
The Single Poem Competition
Prize:                                          €700 for a single poem (not more than 70 lines)
Adjudicator:                            John McAuliffe
Entry Fee:                            €10.00 with each single poem submitted.
The Collection of Poetry Competition
Dedicated to the memory of Joni Costelloe
Prize:                                          €700 for best collection of poems (6-12), plus financial support towards the publication of a Slim Volume to be launched at next year’s festival.
Entry:  6 – 12 individual poems OR an equivalent longer single work, which may be in sections or in the form of a sequence. This competition is open only to those who have not yet published a complete book of poems. (Individual pieces may have received prior publication but not previously received an award).
Adjudicator:                            Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
Entry Fee:                            €25.00 with each collection submitted.
Sponsor:                            Tim Costelloe, Profile Developments
Irish Post/Stena Line New Writing Competition
Categories                            -  Short Story
-  Creative Writing for Youth
Sponsor:                            The Irish Post/Stena Line Ferries
This competition is not open to Irish Residents
Fiction Slam Competition
Category                            Short Story              (max 1000 words)
Prize Fund:                            €800
Adjudicators:                            Writers’ Week Editorial Board
Martin Delany & John Kenny – Writing4all
Sponsor:                            Writing4all.ie
Over 18s. 1 entry, in writing.
Initial adjudication will be on quality of the story; 10 finalists will be judged on performance and quality during Writers’ Week 2010 on the 3rd June at 8.30pm.
Kerry County Council Creative Writing Competitions for Youth
Prize Fund:                            €1,500
FREE. Categories:
Creative Writing for 9 years and under.  Maximum 300 words.
Creative Writing for 12 years and under. Maximum 500 words.
Creative Writing for 14 years and under. Maximum 500 words.
Creative Writing for 16 years and under. Maximum 1,000 words.
Creative Writing for 18 years and under. Maximum 1,000 words.
A Limerick for all age groups up to 18 years.
Submissions may be in the form of poems, short stories or essays.
Sponsor:                            Kerry County Council
“Tell Your Story”
An international storytelling competition dedicated to the memory of renowned Storyteller Eamon Kelly. In this international competition, candidates should submit their individual, unique style of story.
Prize Fund:                            €1,000
Adjudicators:                            Pat Speight & Batt Burns
Entry Fee:                            €15.00
Sponsor:                            Luke Moriarty – Moriarty Group
Over 18; not confined to Sean-Nós style storytelling.
One entry; two copies submitted on, tape, cd, vhs or dvd.
Length: 10 minutes.
A short-list will be chosen from the entries and these will be performed during Writers’ Week 2010.
ENTRY FORM NOT REQUIRED
Entries may be in Irish or in English / Is féidir iontrálacha a bheith i mBéarla nó i nGaeilge.
Writers’ Week Ltd, 24 The Square, Listowel, Co Kerry; 068 21074
info@writersweek.ie      www.writersweek.ie

January

Short Stories

January 15
ANNUAL 2009 RICHARD BAUSCH SHORT STORY CONTEST
www.ourstories.us

Non Fiction

January 31
@ # ERMA BOMBECK WRITING COMPETITION
Biennial. Online entry only.
ddockins@wcpl.lib.oh.us    www.wclibrary.info

Multi Genre

January 31
LITERAL LATTE FOOD VERSE CONTEST
NB, Email submissions are not accepted.
but they will email in reply to queries; no need for IRCs or SASE.
SEND TO: 200 East 10th Street, Suite 240, New York, NY 10003
LitLatte@aol.com     www.literal-latte.com

January 31
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS
FOURTH ANNUAL WRITING CONTEST
FOR STUDY ABROAD IN EUROPE
Open to anyone writing in English
who has not yet published a book of 45 pages or more
contest@unopress.org    http://lowres.uno.edu

January 29
THE 24TH WRITEMOVIES & TALENTSCOUT MANAGEMENT
INTERNATIONAL WRITING CONTEST
Maximum 1000 entries accepted.
Screenplays and short screenplays; Novels and Short Stories;
Plays; Television: Sitcoms and Dramas
www.writemovies.com

January 15
K. MARGARET GROSSMAN FICTION AWARDS
200 East 10th Street, Suite 240, New York, NY 10003
LitLatte@aol.com     www.literal-latte.com

January 15
VERSAL LITERARY JOURNAL
versaljournal AT wordsinhere DOT com    www.wordsinhere.com

Novella

January 15
Library of Science Fiction & Fantasy Press
Distant Worlds, an anthology of novella length Science Fiction
Shame we don’t include an ‘In Your Dreams’ Category - entry fee $100…
‘The novella is often neglected in modern genre fiction. Too short to print as a novel and too long for most short story markets, a novella has room for a lot of richness and growth, for fully realized characters, settings, and societies, and for concepts and ideas that just won’t fit into a short story but may not be big enough or complex enough for a novel. The Novella has the potential to deliver incredible stories. We believe very strongly in that potential and invite you to help us find it.
The details: While definitions may vary depending on where you look, for the purpose of this anthology, a novella will have a length of somewhere between 20,000 and 30,000 words.
Your submission must be in standard manuscript format and attached to your e-mail as an rtf file.
Payment for inclusion in this anthology will be $100, two contributor’s copies of the book, and the everlasting knowledge of being involved in something special.
Submissions are now open and will close on 15 Jan 2010. This is a fairly large window, but we recognize the size and scope of a novella can require a great deal more time than a short story. If you don’t have one ready to go, we’d like to give you a chance to w
Submissions and Queries should be sent to; distanteditor@gmail.com with *Submission – Distant Worlds* or *Query – Distant Worlds* in the subject line, as applicable.
Caveats: There are a lot of themes that have been overdone in SF. Strange Horizons provides a wonderfully detailed (yet certainly incomplete) list of overused themes and plots at; http://strangehorizons.com/guidelines/fiction-common.shtml . We’re not saying don’t do it, but if you’ve picked something from this list as your main focus, try to stand it on its head.
Because there is only room for 4 or 5 stories in Distant Worlds, submissions will be taken in two stages, building a shortlist of possible inclusions. Rejections will happen, but final decisions on acceptances won’t be made until ALL submissions have been read.
The speculative elements you choose, whatever they are, must be integral to the story. If you can write the same story without them, then it’s not a genre story. That said, we subscribe to the Damon Knight theory of Science Fiction: Science Fiction is what we point to when we say it. Every story will be read. If you believe in yours, please send it.’
http://dwdr.wordpress.com/

Other

January 31
THE NO-CONTEST CONTEST
Online submissions
Prizes: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd published in Writing It Real and receive half-hour consult with Sheila Bender about their writing and/or publishing questions.
Winners notified in March.
1. Read website prompt and do a freewrite based on your associations,
eg pick a random word from any page of book etc.
2. Submit up to four double-spaced pages of prose;
detailed response emailed within 1 week.
3. Enter original or revised version to contest, by February 28.
Fee: $45 (includes a year’s Writing It Real subs, worth $30);
ie, $15 for subscribers. Overseas: via credit card or Paypal.
Judge: guest editor tba
www.writingitreal.com/page.php?p=essay_contest